SpaceX Will Launch Its First Reused Rocket Later This Month
- Musk, Bezos pursue reusable rockets to lower space travel cost
- SpaceX launch planned by end of March, COO Shotwell says
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Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plans to launch a reused rocket for the first time in the coming weeks, a key step in bringing down space-travel costs for customers and future missions.
SpaceX will take to the skies with a reusable rocket before the end of this month, Gwynne Shotwell, the company’s president and chief operating officer, said on a panel at Satellite 2017, an industry conference in Washington.